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Sunday, June 5, 2016

On Not Mourning Muhammad Ali

This photo is all over the web right now. I do not know the photographerso I can't give credit.

The internet has offered me a chance to speak, and allowed
my words to reach people.

The internet has taught me to be quiet, and allowed my
silence to reach people.

Recently a couple of pop stars died: David Bowie and
Prince.

David Bowie recorded a handful of songs I like – "Under
Pressure," "Little Drummer Boy," "Major Tom,"
"Let's Dance," but his death was a matter of indifference to me.

I don't even consider Prince's product to be "music."
To me he's just disposable, income-generating noise.

I like using language and all kinds of zinger putdowns of
Prince's product whizzed through my mind. I wanted to post them and be funny
and sharp.

I didn't.

I didn't because three internet friends I care about a
lot, Judy, Dan, and Andrea, apparently were deeply moved by Prince's death.

So, I held my fire. Facebook taught me to be a better
person.

I care a lot about the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old
silverback gorilla who was shot to death at the Cincinnati Zoo after Michelle
Gregg allowed her four year old son Isaiah Dickerson to climb into the gorilla
enclosure.

People belittle those of us who care about Harambe's
death and Gregg's negligence. People called us "shallow." People
called us "intrusive" and "schoolmarmish." People gripe
about people griping. How dare we publicly express our opinions? Why didn't we
all just shut up?

I have free speech to talk about Harmabe and animals and
zoos and lousy parenting, and you have a right to call me names.

Here's the irony – one of the people making fun of us for
caring about Harambe is now all boo-hoo because Muhammad Ali died.

As a little kid, I had an adult-level of loathing for Muhammad
Ali.

Arrogant. Hated his own country. Member of an utterly
bizarre and idiotic racist cult that calls all white people "devils."
The Nation of Islam. They teach that a black scientist named Yakub created
white people.

When Malcolm X had an epiphany and left the Nation of
Islam, Muhammad Ali broke with Malcolm X. Astoundingly incorrect.

Ali called Islam "my religion not your
religion." To Ali, Islam was a black religion, and Christianity was a
white religion.

The Muslim Slave Trade dwarfed the Atlantic Slave Trade.
When Muhammad Ali became a Muslim, slavery was still legally and openly
practiced in Saudi Arabia. There are videos of slave markets in Saudi Arabia. See
here.

Christianity ended slavery. Christians fought and died to
end slavery. Islam never ended slavery. There are black slaves in the Muslim
world today. See here.

Muhammad Ali was a propagandist for pure evil.

Ali said "Integration is wrong. We don't want to
live with the white man; that's all … No intelligent black man or black woman
in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their
homes to marry their black sons and daughters"

If this hypocrite had any integrity at all, he would have
left the US and gone to live in Saudi Arabia, where he could purchase some of
his fellow black people as slaves.

Muhammad Ali made his living by savagely beating other
human beings. And being beaten in turn. He destroyed himself. He suffered from
a disease that was probably caused by being punched.

Hello,I don't like boxing. Modern gladiator fights. People who enjoy such spectacles should spend a round or two on the ring.One time I accidentally stumbled on boxing match on one of our polish tv channels and to my surprise there was a famous actress in the audience. A truly beautiful woman. Her eyes were wide open. She was breathing deeply. Her "assets" almost popped out from her dress.I turned off the tv.

Thanks for the offer. I don't think I'd want to get into the pros and cons of various religions or philosophies which is what I understand this blog is all about (I'm afraid I haven't read the book of the same name). And religion in general is a subject I prefer to steer clear of. I certainly don't feel as strongly as you seem to.

Hopefully I'll contribute on Polish subjects over at the Bieganski Blog, although I find the news coming from Poland often depressing nowadays, but meanwhile I'll be glued to the European football (soccer) championships and supporting the Polish team. Cheers from M